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take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands
Parents commonly arranged their children's marriages.
Seek the peace of the city
The peace of the city is a metonym for the people living in peace. AT: "Do everything you can so the people of the city live in peace" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the city ... its behalf ... it is at peace
These words refer to the city of Babylon.